(1) Subject to this section and section 10, all members of the Bar Association have the same rights and privileges.
(2) The customary privileges shall be extended to an attorney-at-law who holds the rank of Queen's Counsel.
(3) Only practitioner members who pay their annual subscription to the Bar Association or who are exempt under section 27 are eligible to attend and vote at a general meeting.
(4) Practitioner members may by a resolution exclude, from a general meeting of the Bar Association or any part thereof, all other members.
(5) Subject to subsection (6) an attorney-at-law who holds the rank of Queen's Counsel shall not perform any functions which are performed by a solicitor and are not performed by a barrister.
(6) Despite subsection (5), an attorney-at-law who holds the rank of Queen's Counsel shall not be precluded from continuing or engaging in a partnership with another attorney-at-law by reason only that the last mentioned attorney-at-law performed the functions mentioned in subsection (5).